Aspies For Freedom

AKA: Delicatessin, City of Lost Children, and Amelie.

EvilZack and I had been discussing fun movies on another thread and I decided to make a new thread for the discussion...

Amelie is my absolute favorite... I am very similar to Amelie in a lot of ways.   I can't even begin to pick a favorite part, I am captivated from beginning to end.

There is a scene in City of Lost Children that has to be one of the most exciting and wonderful in any movie anywhere- when the little girls tear starts a cascade of events.

Anyone else?

I used to be completely obsessed with these films, too... esp. City of Lost Children.. I had never seen anything quite like that up to that point... I'm talking MAJOR Aspie obsession here.  I love surrealism.

And the music score for Lost Children was nothing short of fantastic, and pitch-perfect for the movie.

Much so - especially the music for the circus fleas...

I've never even heard of these films!

I'd love to know - are they animation? Foreign language? Where would I find them, if at all, in a video hire store? On DVD?

Thank you! (Sorry for all the questions!)

Ooh, you're in for a treat. They're French language films - you should be able to find them in most video hire stores - at least, Amelie should be there...

Here's some motivation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGZ1eAhZPLQ

I'll have to see Amélie after that!

You do HAVE to!  Should be required viewing for all lady aspies.

And Miette from City of Lost Children is amazing. The whole time you are always one step from trying to reach into your TV screen...

What I LOVE about these films is their amazing use of color. I am a total color person- these movies have the deepest impact on me with their color.  So amazing.

The City of Lost Children is one of my favourites. So many excellent scenes.
All of the characters were lovable. Even Krank and the siamese , *ahem* conjoined twins.
There isn't really anything recent of that quality and mood. Pan's labrynth was well done but was overly serious, not lighthearted like City of Lost Children.

Awesome!! I just looked him up to see what he's up to and he is the one doing "Life of Pi"!!
I was doubtful when I heard a movie was being made (I had a nauseating semblance of "Cast Away" floating in my mind)
but now I'm quite excited to see how this will turn out. Life of Pie is a very good book.

Oh, I loved Life of Pi.

I usually avoid films of books that I love because, unless the film is at least twelve hours long , something has to be missed out, and it is usually the parts I enjoyed most (my sons and I were bitterly disappointed at the exclusion of the poltergeist from the Harry Potter films).

However, I was eventually persuaded by my daughter to watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy and was most impressed that the film makers had managed to produce a coherent storyline from Tolkein's strangely written books.

So perhaps film makers have improved over the bad adaptations of the past.